Have you ever had one of those weeks (or months!) where life feels like it is coming at you from every direction? When you want to shake your fists at the sky and scream “Seriously!! Why is this happening to me? What did I do to deserve this?” The truth is, all of us get comfortable […]

I am often surprised by how much we use the words “I am fine”, as if we can magically be ok once we say this sentence. Yet, the truth is, more often than not, we are the opposite of fine. We are overwhelmed. We are exhausted. We feel like a failure when we can’t keep […]

The little blog that could…this is my new name for the site. I never thought that a blog I created out of sheer creative frustration and the need to vent would become such a beautiful calling. I haven’t looked at this blog since January, when my world was filled with such a tornado of joy, […]

For the past few months I have transformed. Shedding my skin in tiny, cleansing ways. At first, it was about losing weight, and fitting into a pair of jeans that didn’t have elastic on the waist (yes, I owned those. Don’t judge!). But, for the past month my transformation has become more than just my […]

My bed was incredibly hard to get out of this morning. It enveloped me, comforted me, and begged me not leave. And I wanted to stay in it. I wanted to stay in it so badly. I wanted to curl up and stay in the warmth of the covers, and allow my head to remain […]